Gottfrid Svensson

Olympic medal record
Men's Freestyle wrestling
Silver 1920 Antwerp Lightweight

Gottfrid Cervantius Svensson (May 13, 1889 – August 19, 1956) was a Swedish wrestler who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics and in the 1920 Summer Olympics.

He was born in Uppsala and died in Stockholm.

In 1912 he was eliminated in the fourth round of the Greco-Roman lightweight competition.

Eight years later he won the silver medal in the freestyle wrestling lightweight class after losing the final to Kalle Anttila. Svensson also participated in the Greco-Roman featherweight competition but was eliminated in the second round after losing his fight to Enrico Porro.

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